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Last edited Mon Apr 24, 2023, 12:22 AM - Edit history (6)
1) Lance Corporal William Scofield (Answered)
2) Jack Aubrey
3) Sergeant Don Collier
4) Some Idiot
5) Archie Gates
6) Sheriff Freddy Heflin
7) Vincent McKenna
8) Charlie Arglist
9) Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
10) Outspan Foster
11) Patrick Tate
12) Cecily Pigeon (Answered)
13) Jack Taggert (answered)
14) Martin Weir (Answered)
15) Mark Sway
16) Zuzu Petals
17) Mike Rogers (UFO movie)
18) Dean Fay
19) John W. Creasy (Answered)
20) Gray Grantham
21) Art Weingartner
22) Iris Holland
23) Dutch Albert
24) Gary Spargo
25) Karen Flores (answered)
26) James Darrell Edwards lll
27) Jimmy McGinty
28) Micah Wallace
29) Pa Greavy
30) Harold Brackett
31) Thurman Merman (Answered)
32) Shosanna Dreyfuss (Answered)
33) Robert Clayton Dean
34) Fielding Melish (Answered)
35) Harold Anderson
36) Sheriff Chappy Dent
More movie characters:
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essaynnc
(993 posts)Bristlecone
(11,189 posts)This is the hardest list Ive seen in a while, I know none of the names at first blush
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)It's not from "It's a Wonderful Life"
lapfog_1
(31,980 posts)lapfog_1
(31,980 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Reply #10)
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spooky3
(38,864 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)Tim Blake Nelson was in the film. Hiaasen wrote the novel.
yellowdogintexas
(23,763 posts)I love his books and have read most of them. I am not going to tell the title because I cheated though.
The book this is based on is one of his YA books; I've read it and really liked it. It's typical Hiaasen with an assortment of bizarre characters, and the equally bizarre setting of Florida.
Those familiar with Hiaasen's books will recall a certain former governor of Florida who turns up frequently. I can't remember if he is in this book, but if he is and he isn't in the film I do not think I want to watch it. He is one of the most colorful and interesting characters I have ever encountered.
I do know he is in at least one of the YA books.
Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)We purchased the book for our son, and I enjoyed it immensely. Tim Blake Nelson's performance was totally memorable, and he kinda, sorta transitioned from a bumbling bad guy to a good guy; the bachelor and the model rode happily into the sunset.
yellowdogintexas
(23,763 posts)Skink is in at least one of the YA books.
Now I will have to find the movie!!!
I have only seen one movie based on a Hiaasen book:
Strip Tease. It doesn't veer too far from the story, and thank goodness the antics of the ex-husband are in the movie and absolutely hilarious. The splinting of his broken arm just has to be seen - there is no describing it.
Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)I'll have to chase down Strip Tease. I had no clue any of Hiaasen's books had been made into films.
If you like Hiaasen, you might like Tim Dorsey. Set in Florida, and his main character is a hoot, albeit a selective serial killer. It's an upside world when you can root for a serial killer.
yellowdogintexas
(23,763 posts)Sounds like his character is maybe related to Dexter.....
Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)There are no spoilers in this wiki entry, but perhaps knowing a bit about Serge A. Storms will help you understand what motivates him in Dorsey's crazy novels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_A._Storms
Bananas
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)lapfog_1
(31,980 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)Too easy, I guess, I should have gone with Passepartout

Harker
(18,155 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)In the film, Passepartout was played by the huge Mexican comedic actor and pioneering movie star, Cantinflas (think Charlie Chaplin). Apparently, while being the glue that held the movie together, he also made a boatload of money
While David Niven was billed as the lead in English-speaking nations, Cantinflas was billed as the lead elsewhere. As a result of the film, Cantinflas became the world's highest-paid actor.
Harker
(18,155 posts)I'm sure I saw it in early childhood.
Coincidentally, I saw it on the shelf at my local library and thought about borrowing it.
I think I'll do that.
I was interested to see that 'passepartout' can refer to a 'masted key' or to a photo taped between glass and cardboard.
Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)I vividly remember the scene of the balloon passing the Alps, and Passepartout scooping an armload of snow from the peak to cool their celebratory champagne.
Harker
(18,155 posts)Just what's needed around here.
Thanks!
lpbk2713
(43,299 posts)19 Might be Man on Fire if it was spelled correctly.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,277 posts)Is it from a movie, too?
Harker
(18,155 posts)There's a fictional film character by the same name.
lapfog_1
(31,980 posts)but I sort of cheated... when I answered the question about Martin Weir, that made me realize I hadn't watched that movie in a long while, so I watched it last night and... of course, the incomparable Rene Russo was Karen Flores... I sort of knew it but sort of didn't.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)It still counts.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)wnylib
(26,464 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)wnylib
(26,464 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Sean Thornton?
Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Lauren Bacall.
"That's a cracker jack name for a woman!"
Niagara
(12,126 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)The ending was completely different in Glendon Swarthout's novel.
John Wayne insisted.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)Apparently it didn't do so well at the box office.
There's plenty of saucy on-liners in it and it'll be a regular must rewatch movie for me.
lame54
(40,099 posts)Not Heidi
(1,555 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)1917
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)(Outstanding film!)
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Doc_Technical
(3,785 posts)of HMS Surprise.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)(This was a movie character named Jack Aubrey)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)[I'm on my fucking lunch break!"]
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)I always hear that name spoken in Pat Summerall's voice.
ProfessorGAC
(77,277 posts)The rest I was guessing.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)
vMad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)On a side note, I really like you avatar
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)What song Mr. Natural is playing on his harp (at Least I think I know).
Care to hazard a guess?
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Wisconsin Wiggles?
Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)I love that scene!
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)lpbk2713
(43,299 posts)Shot by a sniper.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)DFW
(60,436 posts)This might not be the same one, but in the Swedish film "Ådalen '31," one of the main characters was named Harald Andersson, which might have been anglicized to Harold Anderson.
Harker
(18,155 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Another virtual high-five to you!
Niagara
(12,126 posts)1998 movie.
Harker
(18,155 posts)Half-arsed guess.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)*virtual high-five*
Harker
(18,155 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Two films, same director, same actor, two very different time settings.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)I haven't seen the one you're referring to.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)I'm not as great as guessing as you are.
Harker
(18,155 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Especially lately
Harker
(18,155 posts)we have to pick our moments.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)It's a big part of my lounge enjoyment.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)I added a few more trivial pursuit characters.
Harker
(18,155 posts)Great name.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Excellent job for the Airplane character, VGNonly.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)A 1953 movie.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...and he totally steals the film...
Harker
(18,155 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Madeline Kahn was something special.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)dclarston13
(445 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Open Range
Harker
(18,155 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Unforgiven?
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Stuart G
(38,726 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)*Was in the same movie as #122*
Niagara
(12,126 posts)*Was in the same movie as #121*
Niagara
(12,126 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)puts Baby in the corner"
Niagara
(12,126 posts)Dirty Dancing is an enjoyable movie.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Codifer
(1,212 posts)"It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World"
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,555 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)"No... this is a stolen 4-cylinder Ford coo-pay"
Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)Bonus question: What was the name of television program he first appeared on, and why was he only in three episodes?
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Bob Denver had been drafted, Michael was going to be the replacement. "Gilligan" was then reclassified, Michael was let go.
Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)I often thought they should have done a spin-off with Bob Denver and Michael J. Pollard, but the spin-off hadn't been invented yet.
Harker
(18,155 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Angleae
(4,821 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)This hitchhiker wanted to start his own company with an exercise video with 7 minute abs, not 8 minute abs.
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Dies in Kiln explosion.
"Otis my MAN"
Dunsterville
(12 posts)The Odd Couple
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)Virgil playing the cello in the marching band was really funny. My high school band was hired for the scene, and they actually made enough dough to buy marching uniforms: Stylish blue blazers and red berets, Tamalpais High School colors.
Filmed in downtown San 420 Rafael, California
Oh I was taking driver training during that summer, and my instructor, a teacher at the high school and a SAG card member was cast in the chain gang alongside Woody Allen, so we had to schedule our instruction around the shooting schedule.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)lpbk2713
(43,299 posts)"She draws him like a gun."
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Also in Juror #2 in 12 Angry Men and voicing Piglet in a series of Disney films.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)C'mon, make that coffee to go.
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)ruet
(10,319 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)*The movie is Carlito's Way*
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)The Jerk?
ruet
(10,319 posts)jmowreader
(53,395 posts)With two D's for a double dose of pimping.
Also Frito Pendejo, Rita, Duane Camacho, and Officer Collins.
Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)Three characters, one actor
Bonus points: Name another movie that this actor played three different characters
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)....disaster suddenly struck Pinot Grand Fenwick, and, consequently, Grand Fenwick itself. Some upstart Californian vineyard has started producing what it sells as Pinot Grand Enwick.
Where was Pinot Grand Enwick made? (Hint: 420)

VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Christmas Vacation
Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)(I've seen The Burbs at least a dozen times)
Niagara
(12,126 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Again.
Sorry.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)I said that repeatedly from January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Angleae
(4,821 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Tikki
(15,222 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Corey Feldman played Ricky in that great Tom Hanks movie.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)I only remember being a teenage girl and drooling over him in that movie and using the movie quote "Get out of my yard, Lame-o", way too frequently.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)(I've seen it at least 15 times)
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)"Gordie"
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)"We'll never find it, huh..We'll never find it, huh. We'll never find it, huh!"
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Sessue Hayakawa was a huge star in the silent era.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
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(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)(I love guessing, I do it all the time)
Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)I've watched that movie exactly once, so I couldn't repeat any quotes or anything since I haven't seen it enough times.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Angleae
(4,821 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Angleae
(4,821 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Angleae
(4,821 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)VGNonly
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(8,552 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)I won! I won!
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)red dog 1
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(33,471 posts)Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)JoseBalow
(9,741 posts)Andrew Dice Clay
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
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(33,471 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)The Scrounger.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)(I used to know a guy named Sonny Black)
Harker
(18,155 posts)the title of an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,226 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)red dog 1
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(33,471 posts)Angleae
(4,821 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,409 posts)Angleae
(4,821 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)JoseBalow
(9,741 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)Something tells me you have another one up your sleeve...
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Last edited Sun Oct 8, 2023, 03:23 PM - Edit history (1)
But the Trinity I had in mind is from a well-known movie released in 1999.
Niagara
(12,126 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Last edited Mon Oct 16, 2023, 11:20 PM - Edit history (1)
And, come to think of it, 2010 as well.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)JoseBalow
(9,741 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)"Take the Money & Run"?
JoseBalow
(9,741 posts)It's not Take the Money and Run, but that was a good one! One of the first proto-mockumentaries.
This one is right up there with his best... more of a fake biography than a mockumentary, though it does have it's moments.
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)JoseBalow
(9,741 posts)"... a ritual as old as the city itself."
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Thanks for that video clip.
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